Spectaculo Interesse 2017

Spectaculo Interesse 2017 1. - 6. X.

In 2017 Puppet Theatre Ostrava was visited by puppeters from Germany, Netherlands, Greece, Poland, France, Slovakia, Russia,Slovinia, Great Britain, Italy, Spain, Canada and Czech republic. The programme consisted of 22 competition and 7 non-competition performances for both, children and adults. The festival took place on the main and the alternative stage of Puppet Theatre Ostrava, in Cooltour and for the first time also in Nadace ČEZ´s tent.

RESULTS

Main Prize of the Deputy Mayor of the Statutory City of Ostrava

Théâtre de l ´Entrouvert, France

František Řezníček Award

Michail Šelomencev, Theatre Karlsson Haus, Russia

Prize of the Vice Governor of the Moravian-Silesian Region

Théâtre Puzzle, Canada

Special Jury Prize

LALE.Teatr, Poland

MEMBERS OF THE JURY:

Nina Malíková (CZ), Livija Kroflin (HR) and Peter Palik (SK).

THE JURY´S STATEMENT:

"It is a traditional sigh of the jury to judge the enormous number of the festival performances which are not connected via the audience´s age neither via the audience´s dimension (time or space)the techniques used or whether it is expressed verbally or non-verbally. The puppet was the only link this time. The puppet in its widest sense of meaning, its expression and its ability to tell stories about this world.

This year, Spectacule Interesse has shown us an inexhaustible number of puppet techniques and means- from ceremonial parade puppets, galanty show, link with multimedia, various marionets with regards to the number of guiding threads, flat puppets as well as finger puppets, mannequins, black theatre, masks, puppets made of plastic bags or puppets made of paper tissues… what might have been missing were the Java-style puppets. We have seen the puppet theatre which was poetical as well as political, pure and understandable as well as veiled in its personal testimony.

The festival performances are always perceived within the context of the overall festival composition and in connection with the audience. And that may be the reason why various performances may be differently embraced at their domestic stages or other festival performances that won laurels meanwhile, here they created just a colourful component of the programme mosaic. On the contrary, thanks to the audience, environment and momentary topic even the very unknown, unobtrusive performances may surprisingly light up over here. All that is offered to us only by the theatre,where the puppet theatre- as has been already presented during the festival- is an equal and inspiring component.

The key element for the jury to take the decision was to see a certain perspective for further development of the theatre and its ability to use metaphorical possibilities of the puppet theatre to express the topic selected in the most precise and fair manner. Nevertheless, we have been given the chance to award only three awards within the wide range of titles, which was extremely limiting and that is why we interpellate to extend the number for future.

On behalf of the jury, I would like to thank for having a chance to see such a wide range of variations on the puppet theatre – whether within the competition performances or accompanying programme or during interesting conversations. Let me emphasise the great thanks to the festival dramaturgy which has proven this year that Spectaculo Interesse has, as the festival, an upward tendency at the international level."